I'm Jonathan Kape Heart and this is Cape Up.

Billy Porter has a Tony for Kinky Boots, a Grammy for Kinky Boot,

and an Emmy for his role as Praytell in the television show,

Poes. But even if you didn't know any of that, you probably heard about that Black Velvet

Tuxedo Gown Porter War to the Oscars in 2019.

It was an instant sensation and made the popular actor and singer an instant cultural icon. We talk all about that moment and how once he was true to

himself his career really took off. And we talk politics. Porter loves to talk

about politics and explains during our conversation

about the coronavirus why he could never be a politician.

Because I cut and I tell the truth to him.

Here it all, right now.

Billy Porter, thank you so much for coming on the podcast.

Thanks for having me.

Okay, so we got to get the big news out of the way first,

and that is the Met Gala.

You and Vogue teamed up to do, what was it called, hashtag Met Gala Challenge.

It was people going on Instagram to recreate the fashions that have come through the red carpet.

Where did this idea come from?

Was it yours or was it Anna Winters?

Well, we started it, me and my team started it

with my own personal social media platform and audience.

And you know, with all the fabulous that I am

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